[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

Lin Ruhai and his wife only brought their two elder children, Lin Liu and Guiling, with them this time. The younger ones were all kept at home and not brought to Zhen's house.

As soon as he entered the door, Lin Ruhai handed the packed "Luo Shen Fu Picture" and a lower-valued but still precious famous painting to Zhen Yingjia who was receiving guests next to him.

Zhen Yingjia took it with a smile, and handed it to the boy next to him.

Perhaps the old lady's suggestion was effective. After Zhen Yingjia received Lin Ruhai, she glanced back and saw that the status of the next guest was not as good as Lin Ruhai's, so she asked someone to invite Mr. Zhen's family over to receive her, and she took Lin Ruhai with her. A place for hospitality.

Halfway between the two, the housekeeper in charge of singing sang loudly: "Remember! According to the inspector, the inspector will send it to Lin Hai, and Dong Qichang's "Bai Juyi Pipa Xing"—"

Zhen Yingjia was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "The Lin family has a rich collection, even Dong Qichang's "Bai Juyi Pipa Xing" is in the collection, which is really amazing."

Lin Ruhai smiled and waved his hands: "It's not as rich as the Zhen family. It's just that "Luo Shen Fu Tu" is too precious, and I really deserve it. The gift I gave you is actually two paintings, and "Bai Juyi's Pipa Journey" is for your son The wedding gift, and the other is the gift President Zhen gave to the dog last time, I hope you don't blame him."

He originally wanted to return the "Fu Picture of Luoshen" directly, but in the end he felt uneasy. In the end, he took another rare painting and returned the "Fu Picture of Luo Shen" back to Zhen's house.

Many paintings are actually divided into two volumes, or even more. He sent two paintings, and those who don't know how to do it will naturally think that they are the same painting, and they will not take them apart on purpose.

In this way, the Zhen family's face will be preserved, and he will not be too noticeable and angry. This is the best way he can think of.

Zhen Yingjia was immediately stunned. According to his thinking, a literati like Lin Ruhai should be overjoyed to see the long-lost "Luo Shen Fu Tu", but why did he return it to the Zhen family?

He looked at Lin Ruhai carefully: "Master Lin doesn't like this painting?"

Lin Ruhai smiled and waved his hands: "Every painting by Gu Kaizhi is the best of the best. How could I not like it? It's just that this painting is too precious. I heard that the old lady is elegant, so Mr. Zhen still gave this painting to the old lady to enjoy. Wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds for this painting to find a more suitable owner and to highlight the filial piety of adults?”

But this painting is what the old lady asked me to give you!

Zhen Yingjia's brow was sweating, and he wanted to hand over the painting to Lin Ruhai, but the painting was placed in the place of Zhen's family gift together with "Bai Juyi's Pipa" sent by Lin Ruhai. Fetched.

What's more, many people are now staring at him and Lin Ruhai. If he returns the gift that Lin Ruhai brought back to him, I don't know how people will guess.

Zhen Yingjia was caught in a dilemma for a while.

Lin Ruhai laughed secretly, at the beginning Zhen Yingjia gave him a gift that gave him a headache, but now that he returned it, it was considered a small "revenge", and he was really in a good mood.

When they arrived at the place to receive guests, Lin Ruhai dragged Gui Ling to an empty seat, turned around and said to Zhen Yingjia, "Today is the wedding of Mrs. Zhen's eldest son, Mr. Zhen must be busy, so I won't delay Mrs. Zhen. Please go and entertain other guests."

Zhen Yingjia nodded blankly and could only turn around and leave.

Someone nearby noticed Zhen Yingjia's reaction, and couldn't help asking: "Why do I feel that Lord Zhen's complexion is a little bad?"

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "Perhaps we are welcoming and sending you off today, and there can't be any mistakes. Are you tired?"

The man looked suspicious: "Given the status of the Zhen family in Jinling, besides Mr. Lin, who else is worthy of Mr. Zhen's strict treatment?"

Tired of receiving guests?Don't talk nonsense!

Lin Ruhai smiled and said: "You probably don't know that although the eldest son of Zhen's family only married a concubine from the king's family of Dongping County, that concubine is quite popular with the king of Dongping County. Marry. The son of the Duke of Dongping, I am afraid that he will inherit the title in the future, why is Master Zhen not careful?"

When the man heard that the king of Dongping County sent all his sons to marry him, his expression immediately became more serious, and he didn't even dare to say more.

Lin Ruhai smiled, but didn't care, and turned to talk to Guiling in a low voice.

Although he doesn't like the Zhen family, the Zhen family's status in Jinling is indeed detached. For this wedding banquet, famous people from all over the south of the Yangtze River also came in person.

Lin Ruhai felt that this was a good opportunity, so he took Gui Ling to separate the family backgrounds and official positions of everyone present one by one, stand in line at court, and face the reasons behind the various reactions of the Zhen family, etc., which can be regarded as teaching Gui Ling a lesson in advance.

Guiling could not understand what he heard, but he had a good memory, so he simply memorized all what Lin Ruhai said today in his heart, and took it out from time to time to touch it, maybe he could taste something.

Because of Lin Ruhai's words on the male guest's side, the entire living room became much quieter, not as noisy as before.

The women's side has been extremely quiet from the very beginning.

Almost as soon as Jia Min brought Lin Liu into the door, he felt the suffocating atmosphere in the hall.

She took Lin Liu's hand, walked carefully to the empty seat and sat down, and also asked Mrs. Zhen to go back to entertain other guests.

After the people left, Jia Min pulled the woman beside him and asked in a low voice.

Then, I learned that the people present were so quiet. It turned out that the two maids in the house of Zhen's family had started arguing. The noise was so loud that it reached the female relatives and many people heard it.

This incident on the day of the wedding is completely trampling the face of Dongping County Prince's Mansion. If they don't give an explanation, I'm afraid the Zhen family will not be able to close the scene when the people of Dongping County Prince's Mansion know about it.

So Mrs. Zhen's family ordered on the spot to beat the two quarreling maids half to death, and sold them directly——

Those two maids were usually pampered to have delicate skin and tender flesh, but now they were beaten to pieces, it was difficult to live, instead of calling the doctor to treat the wounds, they sold them on the spot, I am afraid that they would die within two days after sending them out. killed.

Such a ruthless behavior really scared many girls who have not left the cabinet.

Even many mistresses of the house saw this happening, and their expressions were gloomy and ugly.

Jia Min was stunned for a moment, and then his face sank.

Lin Liu also felt a little uncomfortable, but this feudal society is like this, she can only pretend that she has never heard of it.

She was worried that Jia Min would also be shocked, and said in a low voice, "Mother, don't be afraid, this is just a matter of the Zhen family, and has nothing to do with my Lin family. Mother really doesn't need to worry about it."

Jia Min shook her head and whispered, "I am the poor bride today."

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment, and looked at Jia Min suspiciously: "Before the bride enters the door, the maid who is favored by the husband's room is sent out. Isn't this a good thing? Why does the mother feel sorry for the bride?"

If you really want to be pitiful, you should also pity those two maids, right?

Jia Min shook her head with a smile: "You are still young, so you don't understand the key points. Those two maids were able to quarrel on the day of the master's wedding. Obviously, they are very embarrassing in front of the master on weekdays. Maybe they have other identities."

"These two maids must have grown up together with Zhen's parents since they were young, and their relationship is extraordinary. But before the bride came in, the maid I usually loved was sold off. When Zhen's parents find out, what do you say?" Will he be angry with the bride?"

Lin Liu was stunned: "Why did Mrs. Zhen do this?"

It's impossible for Mrs. Zhen's family not to know anything that Jia Min can think of, right?

Jia Min smiled: "Who knows? I brought this up today, just to tell little Qilin that if you encounter similar things when you get married in the future, remember to be careful and guard against the person who made this decision. She may not be For your own good."

Lin Liu nodded again and again: "I can save it."

Although it is absolutely impossible for her to marry this kind of man when she grows up, there are many maids in the house before she is married, but this matter is still very educational.

She must keep it in mind!

Because of this unexpected change, the atmosphere on the female family's side until the bride's entrance was not very good.

When the wedding banquet was over, Jia Min couldn't wait to get up, and asked Xinghua to go find Lin Ruhai, and was about to go home quickly.

Lin Ruhai thought about the painting he had given back, and was also worried that if he stayed for a long time, Zhen Yingjia would find an opportunity to give the painting to him again. After hearing the message from the servant, he immediately took Guiling to find Zhen Yingjia to say goodbye, and then told Jia Min's mother and daughter Will reconcile and return to the Lin family together.

Within two days, I heard that Zhen's eldest son had an awkward relationship with his new wife, and he didn't even enter his wife's house on the second day of their wedding.

Fortunately, he still had some brains, so he didn't go to the concubine's room in a fit of anger, but stayed directly in the study.

But even so, his behavior did not hesitate to slap his new wife.

On the day of returning home, the concubine daughter of the Duke of Dongping went to her brothers and cried, and then the brothers of the Duke of Dongping brought a group of people to the Zhen family.

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A good marriage made a lot of trouble, and the people in the south of the Yangtze River had seen enough of the Zhen family's jokes.

The old lady of the Zhen family was a little angry when she knew that the Lin family had returned the "Luo Shen Fu Tu" she asked her son to send, but after this incident, she was angry with Lin Ruhai?

No, I don't have that spare time, all her experience now is used to argue with the people of the Dongping County Prince's Mansion, even Lin Ruhai's behavior that seemed a little ignorant to her, now seems so troublesome, So cute, so give her face!

The old lady was about to be pissed off by the second wife and the eldest son of Zhen——

You said that the favored concubine of the Wang family in Dongping County married a thousand miles away to the south of the Yangtze River, what is the plan?Isn't it true that Zhen's parents have a bright future?Isn't it true that marrying into the Zhen family will not suffer?It's not that although the Zhen family has a concubine in the palace, and another daughter married to the king of Beijing County as his successor, but there are no males in the family, and she is considered a low marriage when she marries, so she can handle Zhen's eldest son , so as not to be bullied by her husband?

But now?If there is trouble on the day of the wedding, and the husband does not enter the wife's room the next day, how can the people in Dongping County Wangfu be happy?

Anyway, it's been going on for half a month.

It wasn't until the sons of Duke Dongping had no choice but to return to Beijing that they had no choice but to stay in Jinling.

But all the maids in Zhen's family's house were changed over and over again.

Even Mrs. Zhen's family, who made trouble at the beginning, suffered a lot——

Zhen Yingjia didn't like this lady in the first place, and now the Zhen family is in trouble because of her, which made him lose face in front of everyone. How can he have any affection for this lady?

For more than half a month when the King of Dongping made troubles, Zhen Yingjia went to Mrs. Zhen's room all at once, and slept in the concubine's room every night, making Mrs. Zhen's stomach full of fire.

This matter looks like the concubine daughter of the Wang family in Dongping County has won a big victory, but what happens in the future...

Jia Min shook her head: "Mother-in-law has a lot of tricks to control her daughter-in-law. This girl from the Wang family in Dongjun County is still too reckless, and she will suffer in the future."

After all, the Prince's Mansion of Dongping County is far away in the capital, but she still has to live in Zhen's house.

If you suffer a loss in the future, asking for help will not be as easy as it is now.

Lin Liu was terrified by this incident, and almost gave up the idea of ​​getting married when she grew up——

From the beginning to the end of this matter, the girl from the Wang family in Dongping County did not miss anything, but according to Jia Min, the newlyweds may be the one who suffers in the end.

This is too scary.

Seeing that Lin Liu was startled, Jia Min hurriedly smiled and talked about a harmonious marriage in her eyes.

But there is a huge gap between ancient and modern thinking.Even if it is a very good marriage in Jia Min's impression, in Lin Liu's view, it is because three wives and four concubines are not satisfied, making it impossible for people to yearn for marriage at all.

But she didn't say much, just nodded blindly, fooling Jia Min.

Because the matter of the Zhen family is inextricably linked with the Rongguo Mansion in the capital, Mr. Lin Liu was worried that what happened to the Zhen family would also happen to Jia Zhu, so he hurriedly asked Jia Min to write to the old lady to find out Condition.

Anyway, in the past two years, they have cultivated a little bit of kinship with her. If Jia Zhu's marriage is like the eldest son of Zhen's family, she will still feel a little bit worried if the troubles have reached the current level.

Although the biggest reason she urged Jia Min to write the letter was because she wanted to eat melons...

But Jia Zhu's marriage did not happen as Lin Liu expected——

Mrs. Wang did find something for the bride on the wedding day, but it may be that Jia Zhu has been away from home alone for two years, and her relationship with the maids around her is not as good as before, and he doesn't care so much about the two maids; What happened earlier had an effect; it may also be that after two years of experience, Jia Zhu has also developed some scheming, seeing her mother's provocation...

In short, the relationship between Jia Zhu and his wife Li Wan is good.

This is quite good, Lin Liu thought, the life of Li Wan in the original book, which is like the ashes of dead wood manuscripts, really makes people feel distressed. Now that Jia Zhu is in good health, and she is in harmony with her, it should not fall into the original book again. general situation.

Lin Liu soon stopped paying attention to the capital because...

After the Patriarch of the Xue family persisted for several months, he was discovered early in the morning and had already lost his breath.

The Xue family can be regarded as the richest man in Jinling, and the identity of the head of the Xue family is naturally extraordinary. The news of his death has just spread, not only Jinling, but also several other provincial capitals have been affected.

The Xue family became even more chaotic, and many people wanted to compete for the position of Patriarch.

Some people even tried to take over all the properties of the Xue family's direct line on the grounds that Xue Pan was too young to take care of things.

But Wang Zisheng, who lives in the Xue family, is not a vegetarian. All those who intend to get involved in the property of the Xue family's direct line are all forcibly suppressed by him, and many of them make too much trouble, and even get retaliated by him, even losing their original family property. up.

Wang Zisheng's methods were too ruthless, and those Xue family members who had different intentions settled down.

But Wang Zisheng is just an outsider after all, even with his help to suppress, the Xue family will only settle down during the three years when Xue Pan’s family has been filial to their father and husband, and what will happen after three years, even Wang Zisheng can’t help put one's oar in.

But these three years were already the longest safe time that Wang Zisheng could win for his younger sister. After all, he was just a person hated by the Supreme Emperor, and his deterrent power was naturally not as good as his younger brother Wang Ziteng who held power.

Wang Zisheng felt sorry for his younger sister, who was orphaned and widowed, so he wanted to teach Xue Pan, his nephew, so that he could stand up in three years and not be bullied.

But after in-depth contact with Xue Pan, the nephew, Wang Zisheng almost didn't die of anger.

If this Xue Pan is just a naughty bastard, it's fine, but he is ignorant and incompetent, and when he sees his uncle, he shrinks into a ball like a mouse seeing a cat.

Wang Zisheng wanted to mobilize and teach, but was stopped by the doting Xue Wang, who cried and stopped him from beating up!

Wang Zisheng became more and more angry at Xue's house, and finally left Xue's house directly and returned to Wang's house, out of sight and out of mind.

However, he still sent a letter to the capital, asking his younger brother Wang Ziteng to think about how to arrange for his younger sister's family——

The word Xue Pan is useless at first sight, if there is no plan in advance, those people will swarm up three years later, the three orphans and widows may be eaten to the bone.

What can Wang Ziteng do?

He never liked Aunt Xue's weak-tempered sister, and he didn't want to waste energy on her.

But Wang Ziteng feels a little guilty about Wang Zisheng, the elder brother. The elder brother has written to him to beg him, and he can't turn a blind eye as before. He can only think of a way out for the family.

He remembered that when the Patriarch of the Xue family had exchanged letters with him, he had mentioned that his son was not good enough, but his daughter's aptitude was quite good. If she was born as a man, she might not be worse than himself.

So not long after, he sent a letter directly to his elder brother, asking him to train this niece well. Since his mother and elder brother are both weak, he can only rely on her as a daughter.

Not to mention letting her take care of the family business, at least after being trained well, she can marry into a noble family in the future, which can be regarded as an extra guarantee for her mother and brother.If it is really outstanding, when this niece grows up, wouldn't it be a good way for him to send her directly to the palace?

Although Wang Zisheng cherished his younger sister, he didn't have any feelings for this niece who hadn't had much contact with him. So when he saw his younger brother's suggestion, he told Xue Wangshi without hesitation, and directly transferred the nanny who came out of the palace next to his wife. To my niece——

"The future of your mother and brother depends on how hard you work now. Do you want to become a palace concubine, or marry into a noble family and live a life of a superior person; It's up to you to get into the quagmire."

Xue Baochai, who was still immersed in the shock of his father's death, was frightened on the spot when he heard this. When he understood the meaning of the words, he immediately began to follow the mother to learn everything she could learn, with tears in his eyes.

Playing piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine and tea, butler female celebrities look at people's hearts...

She is like a tireless machine, eager to seize every moment, trying to fill all the knowledge in this world into her mind.

At a young age, Xue Baochai was still a chubby little girl, but because she was responsible for the future of a family of three, she gradually lost all her childlike innocence and hobbies. Even the smile on her face became more and more rigid. Not a trace of childishness.

Aunt Xue couldn't bear her son's suffering, so she could only watch her daughter suffer——

It's hard work for those who can. Since my daughter has the talent in this area, and she hasn't been chased after her with a whip, and she seems to like it, she doesn't seem to need to stop it...

Xue Pan felt sorry for his younger sister, but he was afraid when he saw his uncle, and he didn't dare to disobey his wishes. He could only buy some gadgets from the street and give them to his younger sister from time to time, hoping that she could smile more and relax a little.

When Aunt Zhao gave birth again and the news came from the capital that she had given birth to a son, several months had passed since the head of the Xue family passed away.

Along with this news came the news that Jia Jing's wife was pregnant.

There is also the future of Yuanchun, which has finally been settled under the tug-of-war of all parties——

In the small election next year, Yuan Chun will be sent to the palace.

When Jia Min saw the news from the letter from her mother, she was so shocked that she knocked over the inkstone on the table.

"Is the Wang family crazy? How could Yuanchun Xiaoxuan enter the palace?" Jia Min read the letter over and over several times in disbelief, but the words on it remained unchanged. Entering the palace should also go to the general election, how dare the Wang family humiliate the Rongguo Mansion like this?"

When Lin Ruhai heard this, her expression was not very good--

It is impossible for any relative to have a maid who serves others, and it is impossible to look good.

If the other party's family is poor, they can only enter the palace to survive, but Yuan Chun was born in the Rongguo Mansion, so there is no need to enter the palace to survive this experience!

Lin Ruhai sneered: "Then Wang Ziteng is afraid that he wants to send Yuan Chun into the palace to fight for wealth, but unfortunately the emperor is not a womanizer. He has been on the throne for several years and has never said that he wants to be drafted. However, Yuan Chun is getting older every day. After a day, it seems that I will miss the age of the draft, isn't Wang Ziteng in a hurry?"

Yuanchun is sixteen this year, and Xu is eighteen.

The royal draft has clear regulations, and the age of showgirls is generally between thirteen and seventeen.

But this year the emperor does not draft, and the next one will be delayed until three years later.

Three years later, Yuan Chun would be nineteen even if he was real, and he would have no chance of entering the palace at all.

It's not a day or two since Wang Ziteng wanted to send Yuan Chun to the palace, so how could he be willing to just give up?

As long as he doesn't give up the idea of ​​letting Yuanchun enter the palace, the ending of Yuanchun's entry into the palace cannot be changed.Xiaoxuan entered the palace, and naturally became the only choice.

Jia Min's face was gloomy: "Why did mother even agree to let Yuanchun Xiaoxuan enter the palace? If the news spreads, will the girl from the Jia family find a good family in the future?"

But what can the old lady do?

Jia Zheng couldn't control the Wang family, and he didn't dare to argue with Wang Ziteng; Wang's eyes were all about the wealth of the royal family, and he couldn't wait to raise his hands and feet to express his approval of his brother's decision.

It would be fine if Yuan Chun didn't want to enter the palace, but she obeyed Wang's words. Even if the old lady wanted to stop her, she could only give up when she saw Yuan Chun's begging eyes.

People want to get into the palace by themselves, thinking that if they enter the palace, they will definitely be able to ascend to a high position. She is an old woman, why bother to block the future of others?If the obstruction succeeds, won't this granddaughter want to hate herself for the rest of her life?

When Yuan Chun was by the old lady's side, he was quite reasonable, but when he returned to Wang's side, he was brought up to the point where he lost his mind.

So it was settled.

Jia Min wanted to persuade Yuan Chun, but now she is far away in Jinling, communication is inconvenient, and the chance of persuading Yuan Chun is almost zero.Thinking of the grievances between himself and the Wang family, he finally dismissed this idea.

It's just that for a long time after that, Jia Min's mood was not very good.

After finding out from other people that the Wang family actually placed a nurturing nun from the palace next to the daughter of the Xue family, Jia Min's perception of the Wang family dropped steadily, even if he met the prince at the banquet. Sheng's wife also pretended not to see it, and didn't bother to talk to her at all.

If the Wang family really thinks that entering the palace is a good thing, why not send the girl from the Wang family to the palace?

It's been a long time since Lin Liu knew about it. During this time, she and Ji Song have been busy with the affairs of the cloth village, even the greetings every morning come and go in a hurry, and they have no time to inquire about these gossips.

When the land they bought to grow cotton finally blossomed and bore fruit, the snowball-like cotton was picked and transported to various cloth houses and weavers, and everything was on the right track. Got the news.

But even if he knew, Lin Liu didn't have so much time to pay attention to these news.

Because Maoshou's weekly banquet is coming soon.

Maoshou's temperament is completely different from his older brothers. He has been very quiet since he was born, and he is a very caring child.

Although she looked a little thinner, she stayed with Daiyu almost every day, so she didn't get sick very much, and she was considered a healthy baby.

However, when grasping Zhou, he showed his lively nature, and even crawled round and round around the soft bed, and finally even grabbed a small golden knife in his hand, and pointed at the other things on the soft couch. Objects are dismissive.

The guests couldn't help laughing at him when they saw him. The Lin family, which has always been a scholarly heirloom, is afraid that a general will be born in the future.

Lin Ruhai was not angry, on the contrary, he was very happy——

To be a general, one must at least be physically fit, right?

After the weekly banquet, the Lin family did not relax, but became more and more busy.

Because the new year is coming soon, and Lin Ruhai has been in Jinling as the inspector and inspector for almost three years, and this year he will return to Beijing to report on his duties.